Networking Protocols Explained Through Relationships

VPN SSH TCP UDP P2P MULTICAST BROADCAST

A humorous seven-panel comparison illustrates computer networking protocols through human interactions: VPN is represented by two men sharing a drink through a tube, SSH by a woman and man sharing food, TCP by a woman carefully drinking water, UDP by water being splashed onto a laughing man, P2P by a couple kissing, multicast by one person spraying water toward several people, and broadcast by one person addressing a whole crowd. The joke maps each protocol’s communication style onto increasingly broad or unreliable social interactions. EN: A humorous seven-panel comparison illustrates computer networking protocols through human interactions: VPN is represented by two men sharing a drink through a tube, SSH by a woman and man sharing food, TCP by a woman carefully drinking water, UDP by water being splashed onto a laughing man, P2P by a couple kissing, multicast by one person spraying water toward several people, and broadcast by one person addressing a whole crowd. The joke maps each protocol’s communication style onto increasingly broad or unreliable social interactions.

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